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Second Amendment Roundup: Important Wolford Brief Addresses Bruen Methodology
🗞️ Breaking! — 10:01 PM(2h or newer)
10:01 PM

Prof. Alicea Explains Proper Way to Apply Bruen

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Second Amendment Roundup: An Opportunity to Clarify 1791 vs. 1868
9:16 PM

Time period to assess Second Amendment rights may arise in Wolford argument.

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Second Amendment Roundup: Hawaii Sticks to Its Black Code Precedent
9:21 PM

Its Amici in Wolford v. Lopez abandon the embarrassing “analogue.”

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Ohio State Student's Posts Urging "Resistance and Escalation" in Response to Israel's Actions in Gaza Protected by First Amendment
6:19 PM

So holds a court, reversing student Guy Christensen's "disenrollment." The student also wrote, responding to the murder of two Israeli embassy employees in D.C. outside the Capital Jewish Museum, "I do not condemn the elimination of those two Zionist officials."

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Federal Agents Used a Battering Ram to Enter a Minneapolis Home Without Valid Warrant, Video Shows
4:44 PM

A still from the video showing immigration agents entering a home without a warrant

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The Transgender Athletics Cases
4:29 PM

They were not as combative as I would have expected, and maybe even not 6-3.

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Brett Kavanaugh Is Rightly Skeptical of a Nationwide Ruling on Trans Athletes
4:00 PM

A splitscreen of two photos: On the left is a person in a USA jacket holding a sign that says Protect Women's Sports, on the right in the foreground is a woman with long hair standing in front of the Supreme Court building.

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Cavalier Knight's Challenge to N.Y. Bricks-and-Mortar Requirement for Gun Dealers Can Go Forward
2:53 PM

An excerpt from Knight v. City of New York, decided yesterday by the Second Circuit, in an opinion by Judges… The post Cavalier Knight's Challenge to N.Y. Bricks-and-Mortar Requirement for Gun Dealers Can Go Forward appeared first on Reason.com.

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$3.5M Damages in Defamation Case Related to Property Dispute
2:40 PM

From the decision by Warren County (Ohio) Judge Robert Peeler in Goebel v. Hopkins; it was handed down Dec. 16… The post $3.5M Damages in Defamation Case Related to Property Dispute appeared first on Reason.com.

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The Postal Service's 'Next Generation' Electric Delivery Vehicles Cost $22,000 More Than Other Electric Vans
11:15 AM

Illustration of a Ford eTransit and an electric Next Generation Delivery Vehicle made by Oshkosh Defense

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Can We Save American History From Partisan Politics?
11:00 AM

Eric Boehm is on the left and Colleen Shogan is on the right, with a painting of the founding fathers signing the Constitution in the background. Text at the bottom reads “WHO OWNS OUR PAST?”

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Rand Paul to Joe Rogan: DOJ Won't Prosecute Anthony Fauci for Lying
10:35 AM

Rand Paul and Joe Rogan discuss Anthony Fauci

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Minnesota Not So Nice
9:30 AM

Federal immigration agent

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Is Australian Attorney and Activist Randa Abdel-Fattah an "Extremist Terrorist Sympathizer"?
9:22 AM

Randa Abdel-Fattah is an Australian writer, attorney, and "antizionist" activist of Egyptian and Palestinian descent. This is what she posted… The post Is Australian Attorney and Activist Randa Abdel-Fattah an "Extremist Terrorist Sympathizer"? appeared first on Reason.com.

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Multi-Billion Dollar Corporation Drops Suit Against Inter-American Development Bank, After Court Holds It Can't Sue as "Doe Corporation"
8:33 AM

The case helps illustrate why the legal rules surrounding when parties can litigate under pseudonyms are so important.

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Trump vs. Free Markets
7:00 AM

A businessman holds a wallet full of credit cards.

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Today in Supreme Court History: January 14, 1780
7:00 AM

1/14/1780: Justice Henry Baldwin's birthday.   The post Today in Supreme Court History: January 14, 1780 appeared first on Reason.com.

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Today in Supreme Court History: January 13, 2014
7:00 AM

1/13/2014: NLRB v. Noel Canning argued.   The post Today in Supreme Court History: January 13, 2014 appeared first on Reason.com.

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Brickbat: Neither Snow nor Rain…
4:00 AM

A United States Postal Service truck

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Open Thread
3:00 AM

What’s on your mind?

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Open Thread
3:00 AM

What’s on your mind?

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Mamdani's Promise of the 'Warmth of Collectivism' Is a Lie. Just Ask All the Failed Communes.
12:30 AM

John Stossel seen next to a group of people surrounding the word "collectivism"

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19 States That Legalized Marijuana Use Nevertheless Say It Should Disqualify People From Owning Guns
12:01 AM

a pistol and marijuana buds against a backdrop of the U.S. Constitution

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Federal Officer Removal in Plaquemines Parish
8:44 PM

Justice Barrett is thinking about Chief Judge Pryor's holding that Mark Meadows could not remove the Georgia criminal prosecution to federal court.

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California Billionaires Are Leaving the State in Response to Proposed Wealth Tax
5:18 PM

Illustration of a billionaire leaving California for Florida with his money bags

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"We Must Not Sport With Things of So Solemn a Nature"
2:49 PM

"as reports of referees, and verdicts of a jury."

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Court "Order for Lunch"
2:23 PM

You can see such orders in court dockets, mostly in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and might be curious just… The post Court "Order for Lunch" appeared first on Reason.com.

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The L.A. Sheriff's Office Is Mad at Starbucks—Over a Pig Doodle
1:10 PM

A Starbucks coffee cup with a cheerful pig doodled on the side.

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The Company Behind the 'Steroid Olympics' Wants To Make Enhanced Pro Athletes Mainstream—and Amateurs, Too
11:15 AM

On a red background, a sprinter leaning forward to the right and starting his sprinting stride.

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Will Iran Fall?
9:30 AM

Iranian protestor

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No Shirt, No Shrewd, No Parking
8:32 AM

"[O]n numerous occasions over the next fifteen months, Appellant was seen walking or standing in front of Appellee's home wearing only brightly colored underwear."

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Zen and the Art of Persuasive Writing: Be Aware of the Audience
8:01 AM

Absent readers and absent writers; know the reader.

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No, ICE Agents Do Not Have 'Absolute Immunity' From State Prosecution
7:00 AM

J.D. Vance, with a masked ICE agent and the U.S. flag behind him

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Brickbat: Foraging Foul Play
4:00 AM

An image of a woman and a police officer, with mushrooms on the border.

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Are Historians Really Apolitical?
11:19 PM

80% of members at the American Historical Association conference supported a resolution about "the U.S.-sponsored genocide perpetrated by Israel in Gaza."

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End the Fed? Or Turn It Over to Trump?
7:59 PM

Robby Soave appears on the left speaking into a microphone; Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell appears in the center square; and Katherine Mangu-Ward appears on the right with a surprised expression wearing headphones. Text at the top reads “DOJ INVESTIGATES POWELL.”

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Trump's War on Interest Rates
4:45 PM

Donald Trump, Jerome Powell, and a credit card

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Free Speech Unmuted: 2025: The Year in Free Speech
3:04 PM

What kind of year was 2025 for free speech? In this special year-in-review episode of Free Speech Unmuted, my cohost… The post Free Speech Unmuted: 2025: The Year in Free Speech appeared first on Reason.com.

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